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  The Environmental Design Pocketbook

CHAPTER 5 
Water and flooding

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Further reading weblinks - Edition 1


• AECB Water Standards, Vol. 2, Delivering buildings with excellent water and energy performance, 2009 
• Boardman et al. (2005), 40% house, Environmental Change Institute 
• BRE (2000), Good Building Guides GBG 42 Part 1 and 2 Reedbeds 
• Building Regulations: Region 2, 4;( England & Wales) Region 1 (Scotland) and Region 3 (N. Ireland)
• Burkhard et al. (2000), Ecological Water and Wastewater Management for New Housing, Technical, Economic and Social Considerations 
• CIRIA (2000), C522: Sustainable urban drainage systems – design manual for England and Wales; and The SUDS Manual – 2007 (CIRIA C697) 
• Clarke et al. (2009), Quantifying the energy and carbon effects of water saving, full technical report, (EST/EA) 
• Energy and Environment Programme, Environmental Change Unit (1997), 2 Mt Carbon Report, University of Oxford
• Environment Agency (2010), Harvesting rainwater for domestic uses: an information guide 
• NHBC (2010), A simple guide to sustainable drainage systems for housing, 2010 
• Parkes et al. (2010), Energy and carbon implications of rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling, Environment Agency
• Randall (2003), Sustainable Urban Design, An Environmental Approach, Spon 
• The Water and Energy Implications of Bathing and Showering Behaviours and Technologies, April 2009 
• www.environment-agency.gov.uk 
• www.waterwise.org.uk 

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Other chapter weblinks

Flood risk can be checked for sea-level rises and impact on land here  and at each region’s Environment Agency: England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. 

Code for Sustainable Homes Water Calculator

Greywater harvesting/heatrecovery calculations - SAP.

Rainwater harvesting calculator

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